SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/20/2022 8:16 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 “The Parable: The Sower”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matt. 12:3b-9
Message of the verses: “saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4 and as
he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate
them up. 5 “And others fell upon the rocky places, where they did not have much
soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. 6 “But
when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they
withered away. 7 “And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and
choked them out. 8 "And others fell on the good soil, and yielded a crop,
some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 “He who has ears, let him
hear.’”
We want to finish looking at the seeds that fell on
the rocky soil as we begin this SD. It
is true that for a brief period of time that these seeds look healthier and
hardier than those in the good soil, and that is because more of them showed
above ground and they grew much faster.
Jesus then points out “But when the sun had risen, they were scorched;
and because they had no root, they withered away.” It was the lack of roots that was what
prevented the plants from reaching and absorbing moisture or nourishment that is
essential for proper growth. It was after
the sun rose in the morning that the plants that looked so promising were
scorched and then they quickly withered away.
Now
we want to move onto the third type of ground on which the seeds fell and that
was infested with thorns. It happened
after the ground was cultivated, that it looked perfectly good, however when
the grain began to sprout, so did the thorns.
The tough, thistle-bearing weeds came up and chocked…out the good plants
by taking most of the space, moisture, and also the nourishment, along with the
sunlight for themselves.
Next
the fourth type of ground on which the seeds fell was the good soil. This soil was away from the path and was
loose and soft. It had sufficient depth
to support the good plants and it was free of weeds. Now it was because of those favorable
conditions, it yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
John MacArthur writes “In Palestine during New
Testament times the average ratio of harvest grain seeds to those that were planted
is said to have been less than eight to one.
Even tenfold crop would have been well above average; and the yields of
which Jesus speaks were truly phenomenal.
“At
the end of this unexplained parable, Jesus said He who has ears, let him
hear. That is so to say, ‘If you can
understand it, then understand it.’
Jesus was not mocking His hearers but was rather pointing out to them
that they would need more than their own human understanding to interpret the
meaning. He may have been giving an
invitation to those in the multitudes who were serious about following Him to come
to Him and ask for an explanation, as the disciples were about to do. Otherwise, they would not have ears to hear
what He was really saying.
“Only
those who accept the King can understand the King and profit from His teaching
and lordship. To all others His teaching
is meaningless riddles.”
3/20/2022 8:38 AM
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